My daily life of exorcising demons and falling in love with a witch.

"Liar! Grandpa is a big liar! Waaaaah..."

A white-haired girl dressed as a shrine maiden rushed down the corridor, wiping away tears, and nearly bumped into Yoshiyuki Maekawa, who had just returned from the dojo.

Seeing this, he understood what was going on.

The young lady is making a fuss again about going to school in Tokyo.

In the distance, an elderly man, leaning on a cane, slowly appeared at the corner at the end of the corridor.

He looked worried.

Upon noticing that it was Erina Yoda's grandfather, Yoshiyuki Maekawa politely bowed slightly in greeting.

"Master of the house."

"Oh, it's Yixing." The head of the family seemed to have just come to his senses and sighed, "Please try to persuade Erina again."

After saying this, he turned and left, trembling.

Yoshiyuki Maekawa frowned, feeling like he'd been dumped with another troublesome task.

Ten years ago, he traveled here and was reborn as a child, all alone and helpless.

It was Erina Yoda who picked up Yoshiyuki while playing outside and took him home. From then on, he was raised by this large local family as Erina's servant and bodyguard.

Erina, as his childhood friend, has always had a very good relationship with him.

Because her family was always too strict, and she didn't want to be restricted, she had more and more conflicts with her family as she got older.

When they get angry, they won't listen to anything except what Yi Xing says.

The Yoda family was very troubled by this, so they often asked Yoshiyuki to help mediate between them.

However, Yixing found this matter particularly difficult to handle.

Erina Yoda, who has never left this remote mountain village since childhood, has always longed for Tokyo and insisted on going to that dream metropolis to study when she was in elementary school.

Her family told her that they would send her to junior high school.

When she got to junior high school, she was told that she would definitely be allowed to go to high school.

Now, just as she's about to enter high school, her family has changed their minds again.

They said that Erina's departure, as the most important shrine maiden in the village shrine, would cause a lot of trouble for everyone.

So, I'll just go to the village high school.

Erina was devastated by this repeated failure to keep her promises for "three years after three years," and even Yoshiyuki felt it was going too far.

Therefore, he simply couldn't bring himself to persuade her.

"Young Miss? I'm coming in?"

Yi Xing symbolically knocked on the antique sliding door.

Then, he ripped her apart and entered Erina's room, which was filled with anime and manga atmosphere.

There she was, listlessly hugging a CLANNAD dumpling, lying on the tatami mat, staring blankly at the wall covered with anime posters.

Even though there were many posters, the one that truly captured her gaze was the street scene of Akihabara in Tokyo.

She only came to her senses when Yixing waved his hand in front of her face.

"Ah, it's an act of righteousness."

Erina glanced at him, looking sullen.

"You weren't invited here by them to try and persuade me again, were you?"

"Yes." Yoshiyuki didn't say much, but simply sat down next to Erina and looked down at her.

Her naturally long, snow-white hair reflected a translucent silver light in the sunlight.

In the Yoda family, there is only one white-haired woman in each generation, and according to the family rules, she must fulfill the duties of a shrine maiden.

Therefore, Erina's black-haired younger sister became the object of her immense envy.

Free and unrestrained, without the heavy constraints of family.

Yixing's prolonged silence at this moment had already revealed his stance.

Once Erina realized that he was still on her side, she felt much relieved and began a series of complaints.

"Ugh... I'm so angry! A bunch of big liars! They went too far by changing their minds last time, and now they still won't let me go to high school in Tokyo!"

"Why am I being treated differently? My brother and sister have been going to school in the city since junior high, why can't I? It's so unfair!"

"Why do you say I have to stay here to fulfill my duties as a shrine maiden? It's fine when I'm not around, right? You've promised to come back before every festival, but you still won't agree! What's wrong with you?!"

"Why, why, why!"

Erina was so angry that she grabbed the fluffy dumpling and kept hitting Yoshiyuki's legs with it.

He seized the opportunity, grabbed the ball, and took the weapon away: "Miss, calm down. Getting anxious won't solve anything."

"Easy for you to say! Give me a suggestion!"

Yi Xing was speechless for a moment.

"Miss, what else can I do? None of your family members agree. I can't exactly take you away from home, can I?"

Erina's body trembled instantly.

"What did you just say?"

I told them I had no choice.

"No! The last sentence!"

"Uh, I mean, I can't exactly take you away from home..."

"That's right!" Erina's eyes seemed to light up as she jumped up and slammed her hand on the coffee table, extremely excited. "How could I not have thought of that!"

Maekawa Yoshiyuki's heart sank immediately, and he wondered why his mouth was so foul.

"No, no, Miss, you're not serious, are you?"

"Of course I'm serious!" She stood up solemnly, pulled out a traffic map, pointed to a route marked in red, and explained with a mischievous grin.

"Heh heh, I've been studying this route for years! Watch closely! First, we take a bus into town, then we take a train from the southernmost railway line all the way to Yokohama in Kanagawa! Next, we transfer to the Shinkansen, which will take us directly to Tokyo!"

"And then what happens after we get to Tokyo?" Yoshiyuki was sweating profusely.

"You've already run away from home, what are you thinking about the future? Let's just take it one step at a time!" Erina pouted unhappily. "Are you coming with me or not? If not, I'm leaving by myself!"

Upon hearing this, a scene immediately came to mind: Erina, who wasn't very bright but always thought she was clever, was sold out and then helped the seller count the money one bill at a time.

His first reaction was to laugh, but then he thought it was too scary, so he quickly made a serious statement.

"Miss, I don't think your first step is going to work. The bus only runs every three hours; we'll definitely be spotted while we're waiting..."

"You're so stupid! Couldn't you have hidden it a little?"

"But the driver knows us too. The Yoda family has forbidden anyone from helping you leave the village. Would he dare drive if he saw you coming?"

"That's a problem." Erina pondered for a moment, then turned her gaze to the suitcase that had been prepared long ago but had never been used, and suddenly smiled smugly again.

"Huh? Yoshiyuki, weren't you allowed to go to town to buy me snacks and comics? Well then..."

Maekawa Yoshiyuki immediately guessed what she meant, and his expression changed.

"NO! No way! Don't even think about it!"

"Enough with the nonsense, just shove me in!"

The young lady had already opened her suitcase, pulled out a few things haphazardly, patted the suitcase, and impatiently urged them on.

"But--"

"Hey, you keep saying I'm your important princess, didn't you? You even swore you'd protect me for life when we were kids?"

"Ah, that's true, but—"

"What's so great about it! Hmph, you can't even pack up your childhood sweetheart and take him away, what kind of maid are you! Get him!"

"I'm a man!!!"